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    Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a society without books? Well if you have Farenheit 451 is the book for you. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a book about society and how you need to have individuality and books to have a full happy life. In Montag’s society you can’t read‚ walk‚ or talk without being considered “weird”‚ If you are caught reading you are thrown in jail. And your books and all of your things in your home will be burned. “...while the flapping pigeon-winged

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    How is it relevant to Bradbury’s life? After reading both Gerald Jonas’ article for The New York Times about Ray Bradbury’s life and Bradbury’s own novel‚ Fahrenheit 451‚ it can be determined that Bradbury has a very active imagination and a distinctly creative nature. The Juan Ramón Jiménez quote that he chose for the epigraph in Fahrenheit 451‚ expresses his strong belief in individuality. To “write the other way‚” is to be different‚ to be unique‚ and to question what you are told. Bradbury chose

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    Reading Log 1- Fahrenheit 451 Describe what happened in your own words: So far in my reading of Fahrenheit 451‚ I have learned about a man named Guy Montag. So far Montag’s life has not been filled with excitement or thrill‚ he has a pretty dull and boring life. Montag is married‚ but he isn’t very content with it. He has just begun to understand how life really is. He and the people of this unknown city are living in the 24th century. Montag is a fireman in his 30’s and he along with many other

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    “Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are‚” acclaimed by John W. Gardner. In Fahrenheit 451‚ a novel by Ray Bradbury‚ society has become obsessed with technology enough that everyone but a selected few has lost the meaning in life. With that stated‚ many strive for adrenaline that can‚ and will be if it comes down to it‚ only be achieved through suicidal actions. This is much like today’s society‚ where adults and minorities are driving their attention to technology

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    Task 2 – Short answer In the extract from the novel Fahrenheit 451 we are acquainted with two characters; Guy Montag‚ a working fireman‚ and Clarisse McClellan‚ his new neighbour. We are only presented a short part of a dialog‚ although it is possible to understand much of the seemingly futuristic setting the story is set in. Admittedly‚ I have not read the book‚ nor have I ever herd about it‚ but I do feel that I have managed to get a general gist of what the theme is about. Partway

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    Fahrenheit 451 Prompt 2 Professor Faber discussed three things missing from the Fahrenheit 451 society which are the reason of why the people in the Fahrenheit 451 society don’t want or need books. The three missing things include‚ number one‚ knowing the quality of books which is why books are so important. Number two‚ leisure to digest and think the book. Number three‚ is the right to act on what they have processed from the first two. Today‚ the society is missing the same three things that the

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    Fahrenheit 451 In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury‚ Guy Montag is the main character. He is a fireman in a world that is based in the future. In this world‚ firemen burn books and start fires instead of putting them out. The people in this world don’t read since it is forbidden‚ they don’t go outside to enjoy nature‚ or spend time by themselves; they simply drive fast and watch television. Curiosity overtakes Guy as he starts to steal books from houses he is burning‚ reads them‚ and

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    technology affects society in Fahrenheit 451 and the real world Every day‚ everywhere people are using technology to check email‚ calculate tax‚ and talk with each other. Technology has greatly affected the social structure today and in Fahrenheit 451. Technology has effected how the TV controls our lives‚ how we communicate with one another‚ and how strong the social structure is In both the real world and Fahrenheit 451. Similarly to the real world‚ in Fahrenheit 451 the TV is a habitual action

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    society in the book Fahrenheit 451. While this sounds very different from our world‚ we are still alike in some ways. While we don’t burn books but encourage learning and thinking‚ both of these societies have lots of technology that people distract themselves with to try to be happy. To start off with‚ we encourage learning. In school‚ they try to teach us how to think and be creative. We learn a lot of useful skills and facts and methods of learning. In Fahrenheit 451‚ in

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    Fahrenheit 451 In the world of Fahrenheit 451‚ Fireman start fires instead of putting them out‚ books are illegal‚ and the minds of the people are clouded by mindless entertainment. Ray Bradbury wrote the novel to speak out about the society she lived in where the freedom to express oneself was under attack. The develop of the Characters in the story shows how people in this society react to a government that tries to control the minds of their citizens. Themes related to the government’s control

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